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 | | | Essence Cusine | | | Plant Power | | | Meat-free heads into new territory | | We’ve followed the rise of LA’s superfoods and Melbourne’s vegan brunch scene from afar, but this autumn feels like London is finally getting its own brand of plant-based dining that’s luxe, low key and inclusive.
New to Shoreditch, Essence Cuisine has been designed by Andreas Bozarth Fornell (Acne Studios, Sandro), leaving the food to high-end vegan pioneer Matthew Kinney, with 100% plant-based dishes and cold pressed juices. General Manager David Reid told us only 40% of their customers are vegan, so instead of labels, it’s all about inclusivity.
Ceremony suits its neighbourhood gem status to a T, but there’s more at play at Tufnell Park’s new arrival. The menu focuses on food that happens to be vegetarian, and is supplemented with produce grown in the kitchen garden (a rare amenity in this city at least). With owners Joe Stokoe and Ali Dedianko’s shared experience at Milk & Honey, Trailer Happiness and Belvedere Vodka, you know you’re in good drink hands.
And incoming from Berlin are Cookies Cream. They’re celebrating their 10th birthday with a tour of Europe, and are headed to London on Thursday 19th October (we’re hoping they’re testing the water for something!). They’ll bring their take on vegetarian fine dining to Hyde Park’s Magazine Restaurant for a four-course menu with dynamic wine pairing. Miso cucumber caviar and truffle dumplings? Get booking!
If this is the future of food, count us in.
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| | | Gilly’s Fry Bar | | | A very British twist on tempura | | | As the cold weather rolls in, what we need is some hearty fried goods, and Gilly’s Fry Bar is giving us just that. Chips with curry sauce and scampi fries meet battered shitake and donburi rice – now this is fusion cooking we can get behind.
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| The Weekend | | | | This weekend, arrive hungry. We’ve lined up a Friday of noodles in Notting Hill, a Saturday sampling the best foraged goods at the Tate Britain, and a Sunday dancing it all off at Phonox.
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| | | Festival of Film | | | Like going to the cinema, but way better | | | Don’t just re-watch your favourite film – re-watch your favourite film with a live orchestral soundtrack. Catch Jaws, The Addams Family, Disney’s Fantasia and more at the Royal Albert Hall as part of their ‘Festival of Film’ series, and take your cinematic experience to the next level.
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| | All-time favourite gallery?
The Tate Modern.
Where do you go when you want to celebrate?
The Coral Sands Hotel in Harbour Island, Bahamas.
What do you do on a day off?
I don’t normally get days off!
What was the last thing that inspired you?
The V&A’s plywood exhibition ‘Material of the Modern World’ and ‘The World of Anna Sui’ exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey.
Tell us the one thing you can’t live without right now?
Netflix and all its great series!
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| | | Sponsored Listing | | |    | | | ‘SEVEN’ by Carine Roitfeld | | | A unique vision of the Seven Deadly Sins | | | If Veuve Clicquot and Carine Roitfeld’s ‘SEVEN’ extravaganza isn’t already on your radar, it’s time to get your diary out. On the 20th and 21st of October, fashion, art and music collide in one immersive experience as the fashion powerhouse curates her own vision of the seven deadly sins. Time to get booking.
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| | Hotel Spy | |  | |  | | The Ritz-Carlton Langkawi | | | Top-tier luxury on the Andaman Sea | | | Looking for a seriously luxe getaway? The Ritz-Carlton have got you covered (as always) with their latest opening in the Langkawi Islands, Malaysia. Guaranteed summer sun, private over-water villas and panoramic sea views? We’re sold.
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| | | Sponsored Listing | | | Labour of Love | | | Starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig | | Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig star in the world premiere of James Graham’s “brilliant new play” (The Guardian ★★★★), Labour of Love. Directed by Jeremy Herrin and set up in the Labour Party’s traditional Northern heartlands, expect clashes in philosophy, culture and class against the backdrop of the party over 25 years. Catch it at the Noël Coward Theatre until 2nd December, with tickets from £10.
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